Dotcom is facing extradition to the US, where he’s been charged with a raft of serious offences related to his online service Megaupload, including racketeering (organised criminality) and money laundering.

Dotcom styles himself a “Freedom Fighter” on Twitter, presumably in reference to his own fight to remain free of US jurisdiction.

Prime Minister John Key today announced he has requested an inquiry by the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security into the circumstances of unlawful interception of communications of certain individuals by the Government Communications Security Bureau.

In American English, that means “illegal wiretap”.

It’s the stuff of movies – as Dotcom, apparently unable to resist a cliche when it presents itself, has already pointed out:

I'm now a real life James Bond villain in a real life political copyright thriller scripted by Hollywood & the White House.

I guess he’d better hope his prescience is as limited as his modesty!

(Things often end fairly badly for the crooks in Bond films, after all.)

2 comments on “Kim Dotcom now a “real life James Bond villain” in latest Megaupload dot bombshell”

They only end badly for Bond villains cos it's Hollywood, hehe. In reality the Villain's usually get away with whatever it is they are up to…Oh and i don't believe Kim to be a Villain btw, more like Hollywood n the Whitehouse are the Villains in this script.